VETERANS’ MEMORIAL PLAQUES

Town of Worcester

Otsego County, New York

Revolutionary War

In 1928 the Iroquois Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a memorial plaque in front of The Wieting Opera House “in honor of the Revolutionary soldiers who established the Township of Worcester.” Listed are:

David Adams Solomon Hartwell

David Babcock John Hollenbeck

Jonas Babcock Jotham Houghton

Samuel Babcock Joseph Howe

Simeon Barnes Sylvanus Hoyt

Lodowick Becker Josiah Hubbard

Philip Becker David Hull

Joshua Bigelow Henry Ingalls

Ephraim Boardman Jonathan Jennings

John Brooks Samuel Ketchum

Jacob Brown Isaac Lane

Joseph Brown Joel Norton

William Bullock Abner Pease

John Burnside Peter Peterson

Thomas Burnside Joseph Powers

Benjamin Chase Eliphalet Preston

Silas Crippen John Rand

Joseph Davis Bartlett Robinson

Amos Day John Robinson

Francis Dickinson Peter Roman

Seth Dickinson Noadiah Seward

Perez Drake David Smith

Joshua Draper Amos Spencer

Andrew Eliot Samuel Spencer

Joseph Flint Henry Stever

Elisha Freeman Nathaniel Storrs

Peter Fuller John Thompson

Samuel Fuller Elisha Waterman

Solomon Garfield John Waterman

Silas Green Charles Wilder

William Griffith Daniel Wright

Nathaniel Griggs Edward Wright, Jr.

Samuel Hartwell Joseph Young

War of 1812

These (and all following) names appear on plaques on the Soldiers’ Monument which was placed in the Maple Grove Cemetery in the hamlet of Worcester in 1890.

Cyrus Bigelow Charles Kaple

John Caryl Ebenezer Mallroy

Samuel Childs Benjamin Race

Philip Crippen Daniel Waterman

Loraine Davis John Waterman, Jr.

William Dickerson Roswell Waterman

Asa Flint William Williams

Wickham Griswold Orange Wright

Mexican War 1846-1847

Capt. Leslie Chase Gen. N.B. McLaughlen

Elisha L. Gustin

Civil War 1861-1865

“Remember them for what they dared and what they did.”

Michael P. Agan Gen. N.B. McLaughlen

Isaac S. Atkins Francis McCormick

Col. Delevan Bates Hiram Mereness

William Bates George Mickle

Moses Bentley Wesley Mickle

P.P. Bentley Marrion Miller

Humphery Berner Alfred Monroe

John Bert Joseph Morehouse

Maurice M. Bissell Tunis Nisbeth

George M. Boorn Martin Northrop

Guilford Boorn John Oathout

William H. Boorn James H. Patrick

Ezra Brown Irvin M. Persons

Harmon R. Bruce William H. Persons

Orlando G. Bruce Harrison Pettie

William H. Bruce A.D. Phillips

Samuel Burnside George Pierson

William Burnside Tobias Pitcher

David P. Bushnell Rev. W.F. Poor

Harrison Butler Addison Powers

Charles M. Butterfield Levi H. Powers

George Cain Samuel D. Powers

Ezra Cane Elijah B. Putnam

William Campbell James Putnam

Daniel Capewell Capt. Paul A. Queal

Moses Henry Caryl Orrin Queal

William Casper William S. Queal

Maj. John Cavanaugh Silas Rifenburg

Charles P. Childs James W. Robinson

David Cipperly Mathew Rockefeller

Nelson Clark Levi Rury

John F. Cole Hamilton Ryder

William H. Cole Nelson Scripture

Levi Crippen Lieut. George Selew

Charles H. Cushing Rev. W.H. Shaw

John R. Dana John Shilleto

Philip Dana Josephus Simmons

Joseph A. Darling Charles H. Smith

William H. Darling Charles W.. Smith

Ransom Denoyell David R. Smith

Palmer Diefendorf 2^nd Lieut. David S.. Smith

2^nd Lieut. W. Dutcher Ingrham P.. Smith

Alfred Earing Jerry B. Smith

Jerome M. Esmay William Spooner

Albert B. Essex Orlando Spurbeck

Benjamin Fanning Asher Starkweather

Fred Fisk David Stinson

Seth M. Flint James Stinson

Alfred Foland John Stinson

Mariman Foland William Stinson

Smith Foster Peter J. Strail

James Freeman Otis Strait

Judson Goodenough John L. Sullivan

H.J. Goodrich Wheeler Sullivan

George Graham John Taber

Seth H. Grant Austin Teel

John Griggs Jerry TenBroeck

William P. Griggs Peter Terril

John H. Groat Theron Treat

Albert Gross Perry R. Tripp

Harrison Hadsell John K. Tyler

Capt. Horace Hall Lansing VanVoorhis

Alpheus Hallock Levi VanVoorhis

Charles H. Harrington William VanPatten

Richard I. Hartwell Marvin Vaughan

Elias Henness Edgar Vorce

George Hill Charles O. Waterman

Lorenzo Hill Collins Waterman

Henry Houck Daniel B. Waterman

Clinton Houghton Edwin R. Waterman

Elmer Howe John D. Waterman

Sylvester Hughes Capt. John M. Waterman

Daniel Ives Lester Waterman

William H. Jackson Perrin Waterman

Adelbert Jaycox Silas Waterman

John O. Jaycox Bennet Wayman

Dan Kaple George Wayman

Michael Keef Nelson Wayman

George H. Knapp Simon P. Welch

W.L. Knapp Cyrus J. Westcott

James Kniskern John C. Wieting, Jr.

Asbell Lamont Charles Wilsey

Sylvester Lape John P. Wilsey

Dr. W.H. Leonard Sylvester Wilsey

Allen Lovejoy David Wolf

John Lovejoy David Wright

Charles Maguyer Edgar N. Wright

Richard P. Manning George B. Wright

George Markham Lieut. Orange Wright

M.D. Markley Treat B. Young

Harrison W. Mallory

Spanish-American War 1898

M.C. Bennett Frank Ransome

Abram Gifford Flint William A. Ryder

Wilson P. Hilsinger Napoleon N. Smith

Stanley Howe Tully S. Smith

Becker Howe George VanDerPool

Nichales Linster

World War 1914-1918

Capt. John L. Aney Henry C. Kuykendall

Sergt. William H. Anthony Henry Linster

Rocco Alvaro *Floyd C. Mattice

Ray I. Banker Antonio Mercuri

Lieut. Merric V. Barnes Otho J. Millias

Ernest L. Barton Carl Morzello

Morris Becker Joseph Mostar

George Bradley John Mostar, Jr.

Floyd Cipperly Frank Naples

*Robert W. Conklin Thomas Naples

William J. Cain Nicholas J. Pitts

Corp. John E. Campion Ray Pitts

Charles D. Cattell Donald J. Platts

George Coger Claude Potter

William Coger Lieut. Harry Robbins, M.D.

James E. Dante, Jr. Jesse Roe

Arthur Doolittle DeForest C. Rossman

Leroy Elmore Harold W. Shafer

*B.A. Ellsworth Corp. E. Sperberk

Lieut. William Fern Ferguson John Smith

Everett C. Galer Edmund P. Stapleton

Howard V. Galer Joseph C. Stapleton

John W. Carvey Ralph Stellato

Capt. L.T. Genung, M.D. Ward A. Strobeck

Frank C. Gregory *Bert A. Temple

Orson B. Griffin George Umbach

Donald Hall Harry VanBuren

Lieut. Robert M. Henry Melvin VanBuren

Clinton E. Henry Leon Varnes

Leroy B. Hill William C. Warner

Lieut. Harry G. Hodges Edward V. Waters

*Grant B. Holmes Arthur Wayman

Reed J. Holmes John Wilcox

Capt. Collis R. Hudson DeForest C. Wood

Leroy A. Judd F. Leonard Wood

Ensign David Jones Fred York

Stanley Jennings